Railroad tie



Oct. 2, 1928. 1,686,097

v R. E. L. MAXEY RAILROAD TIE Filed Sept. 24, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Oct. 2, 1928.

R. E. L. MAXEY RAILROAD TIE I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gimmick,

Filed Sept. 24, 1927 Gummy 3 33 of Figure 1; v v

Patented Oct. 2', 1928. I

. UNITED-STATES;

PATE OFFICE.

' EOBERT'E. L; MAX'EY; oF NEw YORK, ILY. I

RAILROAD TIE." 1

Application filed September 24, 1927.; serial no; 221,307.

utility of devices of that type to which the invention a'ppertains.

W'ith the above and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details or" construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made 'within the scope of what is claimed, without departing trom the spirit of the invention. In the drawings v Figure 1 shows in plan, a reinforcing frame for atie constructed in accordance with the invention; 7 y it 'Flgule 2 1s a side elevation of the frame;

Figure 3 is a cross section on the line.

Figure 4 is a crosssection on the'line 4-4 of Figure '1 I I Figure 5 is a cross section on the line v of Figure '1;

of Figure 1 Figure 7 isa top plan of the complete tie; I v

pf each rail support 1 there is an overhangi 111g bracket 10, arranged midway between" Figure 8 is a side elevation of the complete tie;

Figure 9 is a transverse section taken about on the line 9"9 of Figure 7 Figure lOis a top plan showing a modified clamp;

F'gure 11 is a side elevation of the clamp depicted in Figure 10.

v:trame which is made of. metal"throughout. The frame includes T-shaped rail supports ljwhich are spaced apart as required by-the gage of the track tobe laid. Each T-shaped support 1 is made up of a horizontalmain member 2 and a vertical depending flange 3, there being openings 4 in the flange 3 and located on opposite sides of the vertical cen- Figure 6 is a cross section on the line 6- 6 The/device forming the subject matter of; this application embodies a reinforcing tral line of the flange, as Figures 5 and 6 will show.- There are notches 5 in the ends of the flange 3, and notches-6 are fashioned in-the lower edge of the flange the notches 5'and 6, and the openings 4 giving thecon: stituent material of the tie body, a good clinch on the flange 3.; The hold of the tie v body isenha-nced, moreover, because short anchor rods 8 aresecured in the flange3,

theanchor rods 8 being arranged in groups, and being placed near to the endsfot the flange. The anchor rods 8 may beef any desired length, but; preferably, as shown,

,ports 1 are joined by connectors v7, in the in Figure 4; their length does not muchexformof 1'ods,'secured in the flanges 3. {The V connectors? are arranged in. a group disposed about. midway sbetween' the e'ndsjo't the flange 8. Br0 adly stated, the openings 4 hebetwee'n the group of connector ;i'ods 7 on the one hand, and thejgroups of anchor rods 8 on the other hand. :The endsofthe' connector rods 7 extend outwardly beyond therail supports 1, as Figure 2 discloses.

The connector rods 7 pass through and are secured in brace plates ii 9 which are of H shape. Some ofthe plates- Q-arie locatedout wardlyof the rail supports 1-, and. some of the brace plates are located between the rail supports. Thej plates 9 are called brace plates, because they strengthen the connector rods 7; but the plates 9' have another function,in that their specificshape; gives them a strong hold in the concrete. I r f 4 On the outer edge Otthe-main member 2 the endsof themain member 2,;as Figure 1 will disclose. On the sameedge of the -.ma1n member 2 with the bracket 10 there'are depending lips 11. Hook-shaped cl'an'ips 12 overhang the 'inneredge of'the main memher 2, the shanks. 14 of the clampsgbeing slidable in: the fla'nge3, in contact with" the shanks including reduced ends 15 slidable part 15 ofthe clamps andfcooperating with flunder surface of the main member Q, the:

the lips 11. The-railroadirailsrest onthemain members'Z of the supports 1 the base flange of the railroad rail is engaged along one edge byrthe b cket 10, and along "the" I i opposite edge'by the clamps 12, the clamps I tresses 53formed integrally with the body mounted.

ures 10 and 11 may be used.

being adjustable'toward the bracket 10, in

a Way which will-be'understood thoroughly after a glance at the drawings. v

The reinforcing frame hereinbefore described, is mounted in- 'a body B Which is made of concrete, an asbestos compound, or any other suitable material. The upper sur; face ofthe main members 2 is flush with the uppersurface of the body B. The body B includes transverse extensions in which there are grooves 51, facilitating the mounting ofthe clamps 12 in place, the grooves 51 'bei'ng'loc'ated in the inner-edges of-the extensions 50., :On the; opposite side of the member 2 {from the groov'e's 51 there are recesses 52 whichreceim the shanks 15 of the clamps 12, and the nuts 16. The upstanding brackets 10 are engaged by but- B,'the buttresses 58 slanting downwardly to the ends of the, body, as clearly shownin necting rods mounted in the flanges and joiningrthe supports, anchor rods'mounted intermediate their ends in the flange-of each sup-1 ort and havin their inner ends s aced apart, and a body inwhich the frame is 2." In a railroad -T-s'haped rail supports each incluc ing'a in which the frame ism'ounted'.

main member and'a depending flange, connecting rods arranged in a groupv and: mountedin the flanges intermediate-the ends ofthe flanges,'the connecting rods joining "-theff supports, a group of anchor rods mounted intermediate their ends ineach'end' portion'of each flange, the inner ends of the anchor rods being spaced apart,"and

a body 3." In a railroad tie, a frame comprising T-shaped rail supports each including a main Inemberand adepending flange, acon tie, a frame com rising nee-ting means oining the flanges, each main member being provided upon one edge with an upstanding bracket and with a depending lip, a "clamp cooperating with the bracket and'overhanging the opposite edge of the in n member, the clamp including a shank sh'dable in tl e flange and in the lip, means carried by the shank and cooperating with the lipto'n'iove the clamp toward the bracket, and a body in which the frame is mounted. 4. In a' railroad tie, a frame comprising connecting rods, rail supports wherein the connecting rods aremounted, combined anchorage and brace plates joining the rods and located on opposite sides of each sup port; rail-engaging means on each support, each support being equipped with anchoi"age elements, and a body in which the frame is mounted. U v V r Ina railroad tie, a body having transverse extensions, a frame mounted in the body and com iirisin-g rail supports each.

made up of a main member and oi a depending flange, theflanges being embedded inthe body and in'the exteiisions, and"the niain members being exposed, ra1l-cngag1ng brackets on the main members, and clamps,

rooperat-ing with'the brackets and extended through the flanges, the QXtBHSlQlltFllEtVlIl' grooves tor the insertlonof the clamps, and

having recesses 101- the reception of the innerends oi -tlieclamps. I,

6. In a rail roadtie, a' body haying trans-- verse extensions, a frame mounted in the body and comprising rail .supportseach made up of amain member, and a depending flange, the flanges being embedded in the body, and 'in'lth'e extensions, :and then-lain members being exposed, rail-engaging brackets on the main membersyclamps coope'rating witlr the brackets and extended through the flanges, the extensions ha ving grooves for thcinsertion of the clamps, and v having recesses for the reception-ofthe inner ends of the clamps, and lon'gitudii'ial but;

tresscs on the upper surface of the body,.the

buttresses being engaged at their inner ends with the brackets. g

In testimony that I claim the torcgoingas my own, I have hereto SJiiIXOd mysignature. ROBERT E. L. MAXEY. 

